Richmond Elementary School at located on 190 Kingstown Road in the town of Wyoming, Rhode Island. Rhode Island is the smallest out of the fifty states in the United States and as of 2002 has a population of about 1,069,725 people (City-data DATE?). DO NOT START SENTENCE WITH A NUMBER. 81.9% of Rhode Islanders are white, 8.7% are Hispanic, 4.5% are Black, 2.3% are Asian, 0.5% are Native American, and 2.7% are of mixed race (City-data) USE CENSUS FOR THIS. “The Ocean State” which is the nickname for Rhode Island is bordered by Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean. There are 36 school districts in Rhode Island with 319 schools and 158,592 students enrolled in the schools (Infoworks,DATE).
Community Background
Richmond Community
One town in Rhode Island is Richmond which has a population of about 7,222 people (year 2000) with an average age of 36.2 years. There are about 3,623 males and 3,599 females in Richmond (City-data) DO NOT HYPERLINK REFS, INSTEAD CITE AT END. Compared to the state of Rhode Island this community is extremely less diverse. The socioeconomic makeup of the Richmond community consists of 96.2% white, 1.5% American Indian, 1.2% Hispanic, & 1.1% are two or more races. Out of all the people living in Richmond, the average household income is around $73,200 in 2005 compared to the average household income of Rhode Island being 51,458 (City-data) IS THE AVERAGE SIMILAR TO MEDIAN INCOME?.
The education of the parents in this community is varied. For people who are 25 years old and over, 87.3% have gone to high school and even continued with their education, 26.8% have gotten their bachelor’s degree, 10.7% have their graduate or professional degree, while 5.4% are unemployed (City-data). Richmond is part of Washington County and Chariho School District. The crime rate in the city of Richmond is extrememly low compared to both the state of Rhode Island and the actual University Of Rhode Island. The crime rate of Richmond is 267 total offences in the year 2006 and 436 for the University Of Rhode Island (City-data) INTERESTING.
District Summary
Chariho School District
Chariho School District has a total of seven schools with 3863 students ranging from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade (Greatschools SHOULD USE INFOWORKS REFS). There are also 500 teachers for the seven schools. Geographically, Chariho is the largest school district in the state of Rhode Island. Chariho is in a 100% rural population, with an average value of $264,206 for a house, and 34 years of age being the average resident. The average household size is 3.0 people in this district, and an average household income of $57,042. HOW DOES THIS COMPARE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS IN RI? The poverty level in this district was just about the same as the state being 11% (School Data Direct). The Superintendent of the Chariho schools is Barry Ricci and the assistant Superintendent is Dr. Phillip Thornton. The district has various ethnic backgrounds including Whites, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans. Some students are part of special education programs. This is about 17% of the students. 11% who need extra assistance are in resource, 4% are self-constrained, and 2% are part of other programs (Infoworks).
Chariho has six schools that are high performing while one school is in need of improvement. Richmond Elementary School is one of the six that is considered a high performing school. After many years the school district finally had the chance to vote on a $99 million plan to build three new elementary schools and renovate the existing district schools over 20-years (zwire). However the three towns, Hopkinton, Richmond, and Charlestown, ended up voting against the plan. This was disappointing for the superintendent of the Chariho school district. Chariho's dropout rate was only 9% where as the states was 15%, and the suspension for Chariho was only 19.3%, and the state was 53.1 (Info Works) ??? THE STATE SUSPENSION RATE IS OVER 50%???.
School Analysis
Richmond Elementary School
“Learning is a lifelong process” says the Richmond community (Richmond Elementary School). Richmond Elementary School goes from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade and has 497 students with forty two teachers (Infoworks). Laurie Weber is the Principal and Stan Traverse is the assistant principal of the elementary school. The school is not a Charter or Magnet school. One negative downfall to the school is that 30% of the classes are taught by teachers who are not highly qualified. Also the school is not eligible for Title I funds. Richmond Elementary School is not very diverse with 97% of their students being white, while 2% are African American and 1% is Asian (Infoworks). The elementary school has 6% of students who are eligible for free and reduced priced lunch. Also the school has programs and special education teachers for students who need to receive special education. 12% of the students are in resource, 2% are self-contained, while 86% are non-recipients (Infoworks).
Students in fourth grade have to take a Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) test. In 2004, the fourth graders in Richmond Elementary School had higher averages than the state in math skills, concepts, and problem solving. In ELA the fourth graders had higher averages than the state in basic understanding, analysis and interpretation, and writing, but they were 2% lower in writing: effectiveness. For third graders, they ended up falling 7% short of the state in writing.
Richmond Elementary School hopes they can meet new performance standards by setting goals for improving the school. The school faculty wants to improve their students reading skills, have more teacher trainings, and improve students’ ability to solve problems in writing. Furthermore the school faculty wants to increase their use of technology in the classrooms and improve on management skills in the classrooms (Richmond Elementary School).
The Richmond community wants to ensure a safe environment for all students and to do this, the school has rules and procedures that students need to follow. When a student goes against them, they will have to face consequences. During the 2003-2004 school year, Richmond Elementary school suspended 13 students for misbehaving. The reasons these students were suspended were for assaulting other students, disorderly conduct, fighting, insubordination/disrespect, larceny, and threat/intimidation (Infoworks). All of these students were given out-of-school suspension. This school is considered to be a very good school by 70% of the parents in the 2003-2004 SALT report. All of the parents should be pleased to know that Richmond Elementary school is “high performing and sustaining” (Infoworks). GOOD.
Conclusion
The Richmond Community are overall a pleasant, safe, and successful community. Richmond Elementary School is a high performing school and is a great school to not only send your child to but also to teach at with the other highly qualified teachers. Being a part of the Chriaho School district, who has seven outstanding, and mostly all high performing schools makes it even better to send your child here.
Richmond Elementary School Mission Statement
Our students will be part of a community of learners supported by all staff, families, and the Chariho community.
Our students will become active problem-solvers who can adapt to new situations in our
ever-changing world.
The teacher will be a facilitator of learning, setting clear expectations with academic rigor, stimulating students to become actively involved in their quest for knowledge.
Respect and Responsibility will be the guiding principles that are modeled and expected in our school community.
Evaluation / Feedback for EDC 102 Context Statement
REVISION FEEDBACK: NICE ADDITION OF COMPARISONS WITH STATE AND OTHER DISTRICTS. YOU ALSO IMPROVED YOUR INTRODUCTION QUITE A BIT. NICE JOB. - JF
TOTAL SCORE: 32/ 35
Introduction = 5 / 5 pts.
5 - Intro provides an overview of the upcoming analysis, including what school/district/community is being analyzed, what aspects are being analyzed, and who the report is intended to inform.
4 - Intro names the school/district/community and previews the scope of the report, but does not describe who the report is intended to inform.
3 - Intro names the school/district/community but not much else.
2 - Intro fails to name the school, district, and community.
0 - No introduction section is apparent.
INTRODUCES SCHOOL BUT DOES NOT PROVIDE REPORT OVERVIEW OR INDICATE TARGET AUDIENCE.
Organization = 5 / 5 pts.
5 - Report includes an Introduction, a Conclusion, and sections for the School, District, and Community. Within each section, paragraphs logically group the information presented.
4 - Report includes all of the sections mentioned previously, but does not break down information into paragraphs within each section.
3 - Report is missing one of the sections.
2 - Report is missing more than one section.
0 - Report does not include any sections.
NICE ORGANIZATION
Mechanics =4 / 5 pts.
5 - All information in the report is cited using APA styled- citations after the information and in a Reference section at the end of the report.
and
There are extremely few typos and misspelled words in the report.
4 - Most information is cited using APA style.
and/or
There are a noticeable number of typos or misspellings.
3 - Some citations in the References section are not in APA style, e.g. URLs are listed without the title of the website.
and/or
There are many typos, misspellings, or other writing errors.
2 - Most of the report's information is not cited, or APA style was not used.
0 - Report does not include a Reference section.
Strengths and constructive comments about report's organization:
CITATIONS AND REFERENCES ARE NOT APA STYLE.
Conclusion = 5/ 5 pts.
5 - Conclusion reviews analysis of school, district and community and describes why findings should be important to reader.
4 - Conclusion reviews analysis of school, district and community.
3 - Conclusion does not refer back to report findings.
0 - No conclusion section is apparent.
Strengths and constructive comments about conclusion:
Creativity = 4 / 5 pts.
5 - Report is written in an engaging style.
4 - Report has some interesting sections.
3 - Report generally reports information without seemingly without purpose.
Strengths and constructive comments about presentation:
Thoroughness = 9/10 pts
5 - Report includes at least ten different facts in each section (school, community, district) and
compares each figure with another relevant figure (e.g. state or national average) and
states whether or not the school is meeting NCLB standards.
4 - Report includes at least eight different facts in each section and
compares most figures with relevant values and
states whether or not the school is meeting NCLB standards.
3 - Report includes at least six different facts in each section and
compares some of the figures to other relevant figures
2 - Report includes at least four different facts in each section and
compares some of the figures to other relevant figures.
0 - Report includes less than four different facts for any section or
fails to compare any figures with other relevant figures.
Strengths and constructive comments about information contained in report:
Richmond Elementary School
Introduction
Richmond Elementary School at located on 190 Kingstown Road in the town of Wyoming, Rhode Island. Rhode Island is the smallest out of the fifty states in the United States and as of 2002 has a population of about 1,069,725 people (City-data DATE?). DO NOT START SENTENCE WITH A NUMBER. 81.9% of Rhode Islanders are white, 8.7% are Hispanic, 4.5% are Black, 2.3% are Asian, 0.5% are Native American, and 2.7% are of mixed race (City-data) USE CENSUS FOR THIS. “The Ocean State” which is the nickname for Rhode Island is bordered by Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean. There are 36 school districts in Rhode Island with 319 schools and 158,592 students enrolled in the schools (Infoworks,DATE).
Community Background
Richmond Community
One town in Rhode Island is Richmond which has a population of about 7,222 people (year 2000) with an average age of 36.2 years. There are about 3,623 males and 3,599 females in Richmond (City-data) DO NOT HYPERLINK REFS, INSTEAD CITE AT END. Compared to the state of Rhode Island this community is extremely less diverse. The socioeconomic makeup of the Richmond community consists of 96.2% white, 1.5% American Indian, 1.2% Hispanic, & 1.1% are two or more races. Out of all the people living in Richmond, the average household income is around $73,200 in 2005 compared to the average household income of Rhode Island being 51,458 (City-data) IS THE AVERAGE SIMILAR TO MEDIAN INCOME?.
The education of the parents in this community is varied. For people who are 25 years old and over, 87.3% have gone to high school and even continued with their education, 26.8% have gotten their bachelor’s degree, 10.7% have their graduate or professional degree, while 5.4% are unemployed (City-data). Richmond is part of Washington County and Chariho School District. The crime rate in the city of Richmond is extrememly low compared to both the state of Rhode Island and the actual University Of Rhode Island. The crime rate of Richmond is 267 total offences in the year 2006 and 436 for the University Of Rhode Island (City-data) INTERESTING.
District Summary
Chariho School District
Chariho School District has a total of seven schools with 3863 students ranging from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade (Greatschools SHOULD USE INFOWORKS REFS). There are also 500 teachers for the seven schools. Geographically, Chariho is the largest school district in the state of Rhode Island. Chariho is in a 100% rural population, with an average value of $264,206 for a house, and 34 years of age being the average resident. The average household size is 3.0 people in this district, and an average household income of $57,042. HOW DOES THIS COMPARE WITH OTHER DISTRICTS IN RI? The poverty level in this district was just about the same as the state being 11% (School Data Direct). The Superintendent of the Chariho schools is Barry Ricci and the assistant Superintendent is Dr. Phillip Thornton. The district has various ethnic backgrounds including Whites, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans. Some students are part of special education programs. This is about 17% of the students. 11% who need extra assistance are in resource, 4% are self-constrained, and 2% are part of other programs (Infoworks).
Chariho has six schools that are high performing while one school is in need of improvement. Richmond Elementary School is one of the six that is considered a high performing school. After many years the school district finally had the chance to vote on a $99 million plan to build three new elementary schools and renovate the existing district schools over 20-years (zwire). However the three towns, Hopkinton, Richmond, and Charlestown, ended up voting against the plan. This was disappointing for the superintendent of the Chariho school district. Chariho's dropout rate was only 9% where as the states was 15%, and the suspension for Chariho was only 19.3%, and the state was 53.1 (Info Works) ??? THE STATE SUSPENSION RATE IS OVER 50%???.
School Analysis
Richmond Elementary School
“Learning is a lifelong process” says the Richmond community (Richmond Elementary School). Richmond Elementary School goes from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade and has 497 students with forty two teachers (Infoworks). Laurie Weber is the Principal and Stan Traverse is the assistant principal of the elementary school. The school is not a Charter or Magnet school. One negative downfall to the school is that 30% of the classes are taught by teachers who are not highly qualified. Also the school is not eligible for Title I funds. Richmond Elementary School is not very diverse with 97% of their students being white, while 2% are African American and 1% is Asian (Infoworks). The elementary school has 6% of students who are eligible for free and reduced priced lunch. Also the school has programs and special education teachers for students who need to receive special education. 12% of the students are in resource, 2% are self-contained, while 86% are non-recipients (Infoworks).
Students in fourth grade have to take a Mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) test. In 2004, the fourth graders in Richmond Elementary School had higher averages than the state in math skills, concepts, and problem solving. In ELA the fourth graders had higher averages than the state in basic understanding, analysis and interpretation, and writing, but they were 2% lower in writing: effectiveness. For third graders, they ended up falling 7% short of the state in writing.
Richmond Elementary School hopes they can meet new performance standards by setting goals for improving the school. The school faculty wants to improve their students reading skills, have more teacher trainings, and improve students’ ability to solve problems in writing. Furthermore the school faculty wants to increase their use of technology in the classrooms and improve on management skills in the classrooms (Richmond Elementary School).
The Richmond community wants to ensure a safe environment for all students and to do this, the school has rules and procedures that students need to follow. When a student goes against them, they will have to face consequences. During the 2003-2004 school year, Richmond Elementary school suspended 13 students for misbehaving. The reasons these students were suspended were for assaulting other students, disorderly conduct, fighting, insubordination/disrespect, larceny, and threat/intimidation (Infoworks). All of these students were given out-of-school suspension. This school is considered to be a very good school by 70% of the parents in the 2003-2004 SALT report. All of the parents should be pleased to know that Richmond Elementary school is “high performing and sustaining” (Infoworks). GOOD.
Conclusion
The Richmond Community are overall a pleasant, safe, and successful community. Richmond Elementary School is a high performing school and is a great school to not only send your child to but also to teach at with the other highly qualified teachers. Being a part of the Chriaho School district, who has seven outstanding, and mostly all high performing schools makes it even better to send your child here.
Richmond Elementary School Mission Statement
- Our students will be part of a community of learners supported by all staff, families, and the Chariho community.
- Our students will become active problem-solvers who can adapt to new situations in our
ever-changing world.References
"Chariho." Greatschools. 1998. GreatSchools Inc. 5 Oct. 2007 <http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/ri/district_profile/6/).>.
"Information Works 2005: Rhode Island Public Schools." Information Works. 2005. National Center on Public Education. 5 Oct. 2007 <http://www.infoworks.ride.uri.edu/2005/default.asp>.
"Richmond Information." ELook.Org. 5 Oct. 2007 <http://www.elook.org/city/cities/Richmond_RhodeIsland.html>.
"Richmond, Rhode Island." City-Data.Com. Advameg, Inc. 5 Oct. 2007 <http://www.city-data.com/city/Richmond-Rhode-Island.html>.
"Welcome to Richmond Elementary School." Richmond Elementary School. 5 Oct. 2007 <http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/ric/>.
Evaluation / Feedback for EDC 102 Context Statement
REVISION FEEDBACK: NICE ADDITION OF COMPARISONS WITH STATE AND OTHER DISTRICTS. YOU ALSO IMPROVED YOUR INTRODUCTION QUITE A BIT. NICE JOB. - JF
TOTAL SCORE: 32/ 35
Introduction = 5 / 5 pts.
Organization = 5 / 5 pts.
Mechanics =4 / 5 pts.
and
There are extremely few typos and misspelled words in the report.
and/or
There are a noticeable number of typos or misspellings.
and/or
There are many typos, misspellings, or other writing errors.
CITATIONS AND REFERENCES ARE NOT APA STYLE.
Conclusion = 5/ 5 pts.
Creativity = 4 / 5 pts.
Thoroughness = 9/10 pts
compares each figure with another relevant figure (e.g. state or national average) and
states whether or not the school is meeting NCLB standards.
compares most figures with relevant values and
states whether or not the school is meeting NCLB standards.
compares some of the figures to other relevant figures
compares some of the figures to other relevant figures.
fails to compare any figures with other relevant figures.